By definition and by inclusion of the three major monotheistic religions through their interpretation, New Judaism in its pure form does not now exist. However, it could be defined as refined Judaism based on logic and the Holy Records, when used properly, meaning that when they are harmonized correctly. To test this out one must follow a certain sequence and this sequence must be able to ‘hold water’ as they say.
These sequences will be based on what is inside the Holy Books and what is shown in true historical and geographical references. Don’t trust the sequence of the various shills or proponents of the various religions but trust their records, which they seemingly ignore quite frequently. The unfolding story is not done to replace man-made history but to show that man-made history is not entirely accurate.
The vast majority of the books found in the New Testament are books written by Jews which includes Paul of course as he is and remained a Jew until his death!
We can begin with the New Testament’s description of exactly what constitutes a Testament (or a Way) meaning a brand new religion that will be judged as being new {or the Book that will be next-in-line}! One can either accept or reject this Testament definition but accepting it simply means to FOLLOW IT/Believe in it and Testify to it!
By following this line of thinking, we follow GOD’s WILL as HE and HE ALONE decides the appropriate ‘vehicle’ by which truth is disseminated. Hence, the religion belongs to HIM and HIS CHOICE is LAW and our responsibility is to follow HIS LAW as best as we are able thus showing that we truly want to believe!
Why begin with the New Testament? We begin with the New Testament because, if we are asked to believe in these scriptures, we must not cover up their real meanings but rather celebrate the truthfulness that lies within.
The idea or rule for this comes from the New Testament’s Book called The Book of Hebrews which declares that in order for a Testament to actually become VALID, there first must occur the DEATH of the Testator or the one who brought that Brand New Testament.
For where a testament is {this will denote a paradigm change}, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator Heb. (9: 16).
Prophet Muhammad (pbh) died a physical death and was buried and his body remains buried in Medina. Jesus (pbh), on the other hand, did not die a physical death and therefore by logic, he cannot be credited with a ‘New Testament’ and this according to the rules laid down by the New Testament itself!
Islam has the Messiah Jesus being raised up body and soul into the heavens and according to the New Testament, he will come down to Earth again just as he rose up. (Acts 1:11). Then after a certain period, he will die and be buried along with the Prophet (pbh) and his two holy companions and when the time comes the Prophet and Jesus will rise up to the heavens together (part in hadith literature and part in Chapter 53 of Isaiah).
Jesus (pbh), as is proclaimed by himself, as to whom he came for in reality is the last of the Jewish prophets who was allowed by GOD to make some minor changes in the Old Law represented in and by the Old Testament.
(I have come to you), to attest {to affirm} the Law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was (Before) forbidden to you; I have come to you with a Sign from your LORD. So fear ALLAH, and obey me. Quran (3:50)
Since he is the one who by definition is the ‘last prophet’ to the Jews who has but Jewish followers as his 12 helpers and who proclaimed by his own mouth that not one jot of the Law shall pass away under his command, that makes him the last of the Jewish prophets according to his own truthful speech.
In fact his own actions and speech with the pagan woman who came to him for help shows that he came only for the Jews. But on his return, he comes for the ‘believers’ as his inheritance as can be noted in Isaiah Chapter 53 verses 11 and 12 for example and in the Quran (4 :159):
‘And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them’ {those who refused the truth given to the Messiah to follow}
And a Canaanite woman {from a pagan tribe} from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.”
But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and implored him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us {and more importantly to them that woman was not Jewish and therefore need not be attended to}.”
But he answered and said, “I was sent ONLY to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But she came and began to bow down before him, saying, “lord, help me!”
And he answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread {teachings and healings to be offered to those who profess belief and not pagan worshipers like herself} and throw it to the dogs {those who worship idols in filth}.”
But she said, “Yes, lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, your faith is great {coming from the mouth of a pagan (non-Jew) whereas my very own people turn away from me}; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once. Matthew (15:22-28)
Of course his return as described in these writings and mentioned in the Quran as ‘ALL’ will believe in him before his {earthly} death, will be for the chosen believers of that certain kingdom under the banner of the chosen religion for that kingdom which the Quran announces as Islam! This is also strongly backed up from the Book of Acts in Chapter 3 and from various statements in the Book of Revelation.
Furthermore, the Old Testament declares that the ‘old ways’ that is Judaism and a reformed Judaism, if you will, will still continue as THE WAY or the gateway to Paradise as a paradigm for the believers. However, everything changes according to prophecy in Genesis when Shiloh will come. And when he comes, a new paradigm or NEW LAW or NEW TESTAMENT or according to Isaiah (pbh) a ‘New Song’ shall be sung:
Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; before they spring forth {come about} I tell you of them.”
Sing to the LORD a new song, And HIS praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar {the Arabs} inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela {a mountain in the city of Medina in Arabia} sing, Let them shout from the top of the mountains. Isaiah (42:9-11)
That NEW TESTAMENT/NEW LAW is the Quran (often called the Final Revelation)/Islam.
“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down before you.
Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
The scepter {religious standard of faith} shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; and {then} to him shall be the obedience of the people {such that his Law shall be the Law that the people shall be ruled by} Genesis (49:8-10)
I {GOD} will raise up for them a Prophet like you {O Moses} from among their {Semitic} brethren, and will put MY words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I Command him {as a true prophet should}
And it shall be {come to pass/in the future} that whoever will not hear MY words, which he speaks in MY Name, I will require it of {punish} him. Deuteronomy (18:18-19); as well as:
And it shall be that every soul who will not hear {conform to that Message/Religious Truths from} that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ Acts (3:23)
But what constitutes ‘Pure Islam’? It will be the return of Islam as practiced by the Prophet and his devoted Companions minus the ‘dead weight’ that has accumulated from controversial bickering. No matter how one slices it, it will be a religion filled with joy by joyful adherents to the Truth and the Way.
And what will that look like? The Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said: “Islam began as something strange and will revert to being strange as it began, so give glad tidings to the strangers.” (Muslim/ Ibn Majah)
{In that time} No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know ME, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” Jeremiah (31:34)
No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know ME, from the least of them to the greatest.
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” Hebrews (8:11-12)
The choice of what to worship and how to worship is up to each individual as there is no compulsion in religion. However, with that being said there must be an honest desire placed in the heart to do the ‘right thing’ that attracts the soul as a magnet attracts iron filings:
Let there be no compulsion in religion, for the truth stands out clearly from falsehood. So whoever renounces false gods {which includes false desires} and believes in ALLAH has certainly grasped the firmest, unfailing hand-hold. And ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Quran (2:256)
As our ‘adam’ is the father of the believers in a certain way of speaking featuring the developmental pattern of the ‘WAY’ and subservience to the same (I came for the purpose of demonstrating the proper way of life in that I learned not by my own desires or will but by following the DESIRES and WILL of HIM (GOD) who sent me {ALLAH did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of ‘Imran above all people {Noble} Offspring, one of the other: And ALLAH hears and knows all things. Quran (3:33-34)}):
For I came down from heaven {on my appointed rounds in GOD’s PLAN as a SIGN to mankind}, not to do mine own will, but the will of HIM that sent me.
And this is the WILL of my FATHER which has sent me, that of all which HE has given me I should lose nothing {in gathering the sheep unto the sheepfold}, but {that it} should {be} raised up again at the last day.
And this is the WILL of HIM that sent me, that everyone who sees the Son {chosen Sign or Servant}, and {truly} believes on him {and in turn shows his desire to follow that WAY}, may have everlasting life: and I {GOD} will raise him up at the last day {for success/salvation and I will have lost none of the sheep given unto my care}. John (6:38-40):
O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of ALLAH aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of ALLAH, and HIS Word, which HE bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from HIM: so believe in ALLAH and {all of} HIS messengers. Say not “Trinity”: desist: it will be better for you: for ALLAH is one GOD: Glory be to HIM: (far exalted is HE) above having a son. To HIM belong all things in the heavens and on earth. Quran (4:171)
Some may ask, “Why can some verses have multiple meanings”? It is much like an onion with its various layers. One onion with various layers but not many different onions. Or it is like the bricks in a building stacked up on top of each other; layer by layer but each brick though different is essentially the same.
Do not be like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into disputations after receiving clear signs: for them is a dreadful chastisement. Quran (3:105). Therefore, it is best to stay on the straight road and to declare that ALLAH ALONE knows best!
As long as the different meanings are complimentary to each other, there is no problem. And this represents the difficulty in translating and understanding the Holy Works as to their depth. So those with mischief in their hearts will naturally ‘tip their hands’ towards their own type of mental gymnastics.
Hence, their food (ideas/notions) become their corruption which appeals to them. And this is stated in the Holy Works as to those characters who are in reality DEAF, DUMB and BLIND!
The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries (i.e., cattle or sheep) – Deaf, Dumb and Blind, so they do not understand. Quran (2:171)
In other words, words directed at ‘them’ do not even register as anything but just noise and because of their intransigence, they receive no true guidance whatsoever but remain in an accursed state as someone frozen in time unable to comprehend the true WAY!
It is ONLY ALLAH WHO can open the ‘eyes’ for no man can open what has been shut by HIM or shut what has been opened by HIM! And this concept can be found in the Quran and in Isaiah (pbh) (Chapter 42) concerning the ‘freeing of those from prison’!
“Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house {where the flesh dwells}, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house” Ezekiel (12:2)
To whom shall I speak and give warning that they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; they have no delight in it Jeremiah (6:10)
Saying, ‘go to this people and say’: “Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive;” Acts (28:26)
In trying to understand the basics of life people may ask, “How did we get here and what is our hope”? We can go to the Quran for our general answers!
The primordial reason of our establishment (what we find ourselves in) is found in Q (32:72):
Truly, WE {the ONE GOD} did offer Al-Amaanah (the Trust or moral responsibility and ALL the duties which ALLAH ordained {on the ‘vicegerents’ (called gods in the other scriptures) meaning leading spirits before they were going to enter into the flesh} to the heavens and the earth, and the mountains but they declined to bear it and were AFRAID of it {the challenge and responsibility that would lead to their accountability}. But MANKIND bore it {took on the challenge}. Verily, he was unjust (to himself) and {quite} ignorant {of its consequences that he would have to bear}. Quran (33:72).
The effect of this is found in Q (40:75):
“YOU HAVE MET THIS FATE because you {carelessly} rejoiced on the earth in things OTHER than the truth, AND THEN EXULTED IN IT.” Quran (40:75)
The result of all of this is found in Quran (9:31):
They take their priests and their anchorites {meaning religious leaders} to be their lords in derogation of ALLAH, and (they take as their LORD) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One GOD: there is no god but HE. Praise and glory to HIM: (Far is HE) from having the partners they associate (with HIM). Quran (9:31):
As declared by Jesus (pbh), “And in vain {in uselessness} they worship me, {by} teaching as doctrines the commandments of men” {which are generated in their councils and philosophical debates} Matthew (15:9).
That is they make up their own doctrines NOT declared openly in their own Holy Books but follow rather deviant pathways:
HE {GOD} it is WHO has sent down to you the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except ALLAH. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: “We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our LORD” and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding. Quran (3:7)
However, it must not be forgotten that all of this is topped off by the knowledge that ALLAH’s MERCY outweighs HIS Wrath; that HE ALONE is in control and that HE sees and is aware of all things!
O mankind! WE created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other {not that you may despise each other}. Verily the most honored of you in the sight of ALLAH is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And ALLAH has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things). Quran (49:13)
“O MY servants, all of you, each and every one of you are astray, except for those I have guided. Therefore, seek {direct} guidance from ME and I shall guide you.” (Muslim) and:
I {ALLAH} HAVE ONLY CREATED Jinns and men that they may serve {Worship} ME. Quran (51:56)
As is stated in the Quran: If it had been your LORD’s WILL, they (mankind) would all have believed; all who are on the Earth! Will you then force mankind, against their own will {disposition/desires/lusts}, to believe! Quran (10:99)
Narrated Abu Hurairah: that the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said: “Whoever takes a path upon which to obtain knowledge, ALLAH makes the path to Paradise easy for him.” (Tirmidhi)
